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ACT Protocols for Wave Measurement Systems
July 2012
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Wave Measurement Systems Test
and Evaluation Protocols
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 2
2.0 Background on ACT Evaluations ........................................................................................................... 3
3.0 Roles and Responsibilities of Involved Organizations ........................................................................... 4
3.1 ACT Chief Scientist............................................................................................................................ 4
3.2 ACT Quality Manager ........................................................................................................................ 4
3.3 ACT Technical Coordinators.............................................................................................................. 5
3.4 CDIP/SIO............................................................................................................................................ 5
3.5 NDBC ................................................................................................................................................. 5
3.6 JCOMM .............................................................................................................................................. 6
3.7 Manufacturers ..................................................................................................................................... 6
4.0 Wave Measurement System Capabilities, Descriptions, and Claims ..................................................... 6
4.1 Seabed Sensors: .................................................................................................................................. 6
4.2 Surface Moorings: .............................................................................................................................. 8
4.3 Remotely Sensed: ............................................................................................................................... 9
5.0 Objectives and Focus of Wave Measurement System Verification...................................................... 10
6.0 Verification Design .............................................................................................................................. 11
7.0 Test Verification Factors....................................................................................................................... 11
8.0 Overall Test Configuration .................................................................................................................. 13
9.0 Reference Methods (Task 1) ................................................................................................................. 14
9.1 Co-locating Systems ......................................................................................................................... 16
10.0 Field Study Location and Deployment ............................................................................................... 17
10.1 West Coast, Deep Water Waves (Task 2) ...................................................................................... 17
10.2 East Coast, Shallow Water Waves (Task 3) ................................................................................... 18
10.3 Great Lakes, Deep Water and Shallow Water Waves (Task 4)...................................................... 19
10.4 Gulf of Mexico, Episodic Events (Task 5) ..................................................................................... 19
10.5 Test Instrument Calibration and Deployment................................................................................. 20
10.6 Ancillary Measurements ................................................................................................................. 20
10.7 Reference Instrument Calibration and Deployment ....................................................................... 20
10.7.1 Datawell Waverider................................................................................................................. 20
10.7.2 FRF Pressure Array ................................................................................................................. 21
11.0 Data Management ............................................................................................................................... 21
12.0 Quality Assurance/Quality Control..................................................................................................... 22
12.1 Audits.............................................................................................................................................. 24
12.2 Reporting ........................................................................................................................................ 25
12.3 Environmental, Health, and Safety plan ......................................................................................... 26
13.0 References ........................................................................................................................................... 26